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CVE-2016-7076
high
Description
sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
References
https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_wordexp.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0002/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7076